Capital Ship Realism

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It's not a question of what is dangerous and what is not, it's a question of sense. It's an RP game - which means everything should go along within the confines of the roleplay. Does it make the least bit of rp sense that there are so many capital ships? Does it make sense that it's gotten to the point that the ridiculous scenario of cap ships going about interdicting small fighters has become an actual issue?

The purpose of what I'm recommending is not to nerf capital ships, it's to ensure that they're to be used within the confines of the RP, which is what was originally attempted before the Devs decided that it was easier to just make cap ships hilariously underpowered instead of setting gameplay mechanics which would promote cap ship use the way it was meant to be. Hell, what I want is for these gameplay mechanics to be put in place so that cap ships won't have to be so damn useless.

This isn't cap ship bashing, this is lolcap bashing.
Denial, claiming that the problem is all in our heads, isn't the least bit constructive - perhaps you believe that every single one of what you claimed was 9000+ topics was the result of some mass delusion or some mistaken perception, then whatever. If you really do think the status quo is God, then more power to ya - but it doesn't change the fact that the current system is the reason why capships are so useless in the first place, nor does it change the fact that it makes no sense at all.

We come here to play and have fun, within a limited scope of RP. (Yes, limited.)

If everything was RP, it would not be as fun as it is.

Unfortunately, every single "buff" so far to capital ships has "nerfed" it, in one way or another.

You accuse me of denial of the supposed issue but in doing so, the hypocrisy of denying the fact that something is wrong with your perception does not magically disappear.

No, most of them began with independent bashing of some sort, and slowly permuted from there. However, your attempt to flip delusion is a point of humour. Also, if you think I am against upsetting the status quo you are obviously quite ignorant. (I could go into how, but eh, no point.)

You want to increase cost to fly a capital ship, increase the cost to shoot, and decrease the range of them. It is called selective discrimination. Not quite obvious, but there. Yes, there are a few independents that can afford to shell out for your "prohibitively expensive" mutations proposal, but at the end of the day, the sheer number of players, able to trade for a faction, will ensure more factionalised BS. (Ten points for noticing the pun.)

Adding to that, you want to add more sanctionable offences to the game. We have enough rules as it is, and furthermore, so far, the Administrators have been trying to cut them down.

I also like your effort at addressing the counter-points in the other 9000+ threads on this issue. Well done.

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Anything I say is not intended as offensive, and to try and deliberately misinterpret it as such would be an attempt at trolling via misrepresentation.

It's not a conspiracy, it's localised bias. They're not intelligent enough to form a conspiracy.